📄 Abstract
Mental Health of children and adolescents is an essential component of their overall health and developmental process. In most cases these problems of children are neither identified properly nor addressed, and at times the extent of these problems had an impact on the overall development. Therefore, mental health studies are required to identify the prevalence of mental health knowledge and awareness among school students to establish targeted initiatives to address such prevalence. This study explores the mental health knowledge and awareness among school going adolescents in Sohra, Meghalaya. The study is a descriptive design and make used of purposive sampling techniques to identify respondents from four schools in Sohra, Meghalaya. Questionnaires with regards to knowledge, awareness and beliefs were distributed to high schools’ students to collect the information. The study reveals that there is low knowledge and awareness of school students regarding mental health and there is also some beliefs regarding mental health.
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📚 How to Cite:
Ainamlin Dkhar, Javiya Ashraf, Angelista Syiemlieh, Monmayuri Hatibaruah , MENTAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, AWARENESS AND BELIEFS AMONG SCHOOL-GOING ADOLESCENTS , Volume 11 , Issue 9, September 2026, EPRA International Journal of Research & Development (IJRD) , Pages: 167 - 170 , DOI: https://doi.org/10.36713/epra31649